Directions: Read the following excerpts from OMAM and record your answers. You DO NOT have to copy the questions!!
“ ‘Well stick around an’ keep your eyes open. You’ll see plenty. She ain’t concealin’ nothing. I never seen nobody like her. She got the eye goin’ all the time on everybody. I bet she even gives the stable buck the eye. I don’t know what the hell she wants.’” (Whit)
What kind of characterization is this?
Which character is this about and what do we learn about the character?
“Candy looked about unhappily. ‘No,’ he said softly. ‘No, I couldn’ do that. I had ‘im too long.’” …. “Candy said, ‘George.’ “Huh?” “ ‘I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.’” (Candy)
3. What kind of conflict does the above excerpt show?
4.What is the conflict? Describe it.
“ ‘What’d he do in Weed?’ Slim asked again.” “ ‘Well, he seen this girl in a red dress. Dumb bastard like he is, he wants to touch ever’thing he likes. Just wants to feel it. So he reaches out to feel this red dress an’ the girl lets out a squawk, and that gets Lennie all mixed up, and he holds on ‘cause that’s the only thing he can think to do.’ …. “ ‘He was so scairt he couldn’t let go of that dress. And he’s so God damn strong, you know.”
5. The above excerpt is an example of which litereary element?
6. What does it tell the reader?
“ ‘Well stick around an’ keep your eyes open. You’ll see plenty. She ain’t concealin’ nothing. I never seen nobody like her. She got the eye goin’ all the time on everybody. I bet she even gives the stable buck the eye. I don’t know what the hell she wants.’” (Whit)
“Candy looked about unhappily. ‘No,’ he said softly. ‘No, I couldn’ do that. I had ‘im too long.’” ….
“Candy said, ‘George.’
“Huh?”
“ ‘I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.’” (Candy)
3. What kind of conflict does the above excerpt show?
4.What is the conflict? Describe it.
“ ‘What’d he do in Weed?’ Slim asked again.”
“ ‘Well, he seen this girl in a red dress. Dumb bastard like he is, he wants to touch ever’thing he likes. Just wants to feel it. So he reaches out to feel this red dress an’ the girl lets out a squawk, and that gets Lennie all mixed up, and he holds on ‘cause that’s the only thing he can think to do.’ …. “ ‘He was so scairt he couldn’t let go of that dress. And he’s so God damn strong, you know.”
5. The above excerpt is an example of which litereary element?
6. What does it tell the reader?